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Jim Strong offers hydro-seeding through his company, “J.B. Strong Hydroseeding Service.” Hydro-seeding is basically a seed, fertilizer and mulch...

Scientific Resource Surveys, Inc., a Haines-based archaeological firm, is offering a three-week course, “Basics of Archaeology and Stewardship....

The outlook for federal funding of programs like public radio and Big Brothers Big Sisters isn’t good, U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in...

Federal issues overshadowed local ones during a daylong visit by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on June 1. “The reality of what’s happening t...

Residents at a June 6 meeting in Haines said they were afraid the state was repeating mistakes of the past, including boosting fishermen elsewhere at...

Monday, June 11 An out-of-state caller was trying to locate a family member who was having trouble using their credit card for lodging. A welfare chec...

Haines Borough officials say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reneged on statements that it would help fund test drilling of the sea floor for...

It’s official. May’s weather was the wettest on record for Haines and the second coldest, according to the National Weather Service. The average...

The Haines Borough Assembly is expected to approve its $11.3 million budget, including setting local tax rates, and will discuss the interim borough...

Don’t take your old computer to the dump. Haines Friends of Recycling will hold its sixth annual electronics recycling event Friday and Saturday,...

When the crisis in the U.S. finance industry occurred in 2008, officials with the philanthropic Rasmuson Foundation told potential recipients they mig...

Members of the upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee to the state boards of fish and wildlife on Friday elected seated members Randy Jackson and Tim...

Residents and visitors are welcome at the 5th annual Lynn Canal Gillnetters’ Community Free King Salmon Barbecue 6 p.m. Saturday, June 16 at the...

Exhibit entries at the Southeast Alaska State Fair this year will get to compete against the best exhibits in the state, under an arrangement offered...

Alaska Wildlife Trooper Ken VanSpronsen said this week that juvenile brown bears shot by residents at Beach Road and Cathedral View subdivision were...

Monday, June 4 A caller reported a possible sewer line leak in front of the Sheldon Museum. The water and sewer department was advised. An...

Instead of an old truck, suppose I owned a Bentley, a high-performance luxury car, a sophisticated piece of equipment requiring a specialized...

State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, said this week a patchwork replacement of sidewalk and curbs downtown can’t be fixed this year, due to funding...

The family of a 14-year-old boy who drowned near the Port Chilkoot Dock has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Haines Borough, saying the...

Haines Borough Assembly members and municipal officers are in the process of scoring 18 borough manager applicants on a “decision matrix” aimed...

A days-old moose taken in by a local family last week became the latest addition to Steve Kroschel’s wildlife park. Kelsey Taylor said the...

Despite a record snowfall and fears they’d be mowed down by the area’s moose, 99 of 127 apple trees planted around town about a year ago survived...

A push by Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott to allow use of special elections to fill vacancies on the borough assembly died Tuesday after failing...

Intermittent rain didn’t seem to hinder the 20th Great Alaska Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival. The fair, which organizes the event, increased the...

Home brewers from throughout Alaska and the Yukon submitted 63 beers and four meads for Friday’s home brew competition at the 20th Anniversary of...